** Use at Your Own Risk **
01A |
Sunday Peak |
8295' |
Location: Kern County, about 9 miles west of Kernville, 185 miles from Los Angeles
Maps
- Auto Club: Kern County
- Forest Service: Sequoia National Forest
- USGS Topo: Tobias Peak 7½, Alta Sierra 7½
- HPS: Route(s), waypoints and explanation of usage
Nearby Peaks: Bohna Peak, Black Mountain #5
ROUTE 1
- Distance: 3 1/2 miles round trip on trail
- Gain: 1000'
- Time: 2 hours round trip
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Easy
- Leader Rating: "O", normal conditions
Original: Al Campbell, 1972
DRIVING ROUTE 1
- From Lake Isabella (city) drive north on SR 155 for 7.0 miles to where it turns left in Wofford Heights.
- Drive 7.7 miles farther to Greenhorn Summit. Turn right (north) on 24S15. This is a dirt road just past a maintenance shed. Note your odometer and go as follows:
- At 4.3 miles, Tiger Flat Campground. Keep straight on 24S15.
- At 6.6 miles, a road junction with a sign "Camp Mountain Meadow GSA". Park here.
HIKING ROUTE 1
- A trail (31E66) starts just north of the parking area (7280'). Follow it up the slope to the left, and then west past Portuguese Peak's east side.
- Continue 1 1/2 miles to a trail junction (8100').
- Turn left (east) and follow the trail to the summit.
ROUTE 2
From Bohna Peak- Distance: 2 1/4 miles one way on trail
- Gain: 2200'
- Time: 2 hours one way
- Rating: Class 1, moderate
- Navigation: Intermediate
- Leader Rating: "I", normal conditions
Original: Alan Coles, November 1991
DRIVING ROUTE 2
- See the Bohna Peak guide.
HIKING ROUTE 2
- From the summit of Bohna Peak, go down the north ridge to a saddle at 6450'.
- Continue north along the ridge on a trail over bump 6991' to a trail junction at 7400' which is marked by a 4x4 post (5 miles).
- Turn right (east) and continue on trail for about a mile and 700' gain to a trail junction at 8100'.
- Keep right and follow the trail about 1/4 mile to the summit.
SPECIAL NOTE
Sunday Peak lies within the Giant Sequoia National Monument.
HISTORICAL NOTE
In January 1964, Sunday Peak was added to the Sierra Peaks List. Two months later it was removed.
History of Summit Signature
Climbing Archives
Please report any corrections or changes to the Mountain Records Chair.
Hundred Peaks Section, Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club
Published 31-December-2005
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